Introduction
No one likes a sticky R-button. Clean it out and get back to beating your siblings at Mario Kart.
Step 1 Battery
Lift the battery cover off the back of the DSi XL.
Remove the two Phillips screws securing the battery cover to the back of the handheld console.
Lift the battery cover off the back of the DSi XL.
Step 2
Lift the battery from the DSi XL.
Step 3 Lower Case
Remove the four rubber screw covers on the lower case by prying them up with a push pin.
Step 4
Four silver 5.3 mm screws
Remove the following seven Phillips screws that secure the lower case to the rest of the DSi XL:
Four silver 5.3 mm screws
Two black 5.3 mm screws
One black 2.5 mm screw
Step 5
Insert a spudger between the upper and lower case at the bottom left corner of the DSi.
Turn the DSi XL over, and open the display.
Insert a spudger between the upper and lower case at the bottom left corner of the DSi.
Slide the spudger along the bottom edge of the upper case to release the latches securing the upper case to the lower case.
Step 6
Lift the lower case from the front edge.
Close the display and turn the DSi XL over.
Lift the lower case from the front edge.
Rotate the lower case away from the DSi.
The lower case cannot be completely removed yet, since it is still connected to the motherboard.
Step 7
Pry the volume button/left shoulder button connector off its socket on the motherboard with a spudger.
Using a spudger, pry the SD card/right shoulder button connector off its socket.
Pry the volume button/left shoulder button connector off its socket on the motherboard with a spudger.
Step 8 Right Shoulder Button
Right shoulder button
Remove the two gold 4.0 mm Phillips screws securing the right shoulder button assembly to the back case.
Lift the right shoulder button assembly from the back case.
The components of the right shoulder button assembly:
Right shoulder button
Shoulder button spring
Retaining pin
Right shoulder button holding panel
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Brett Hartt
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